Clamping holder for stocking forms



y 2, 1933- H. HEMMERICH 1,907,247

CLAMPING HOLDER FOR STOCKING FORMS Filed April 4, 1950 35/124 zz lll i Illll IN V EN TOR:

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Patented May 2, 1933 retail unites ears s n r ere HUGO I-IEMMERICH, OF WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T BERIKSHIRE KNITTING MELLS, OF 'WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN SYLVANIA Y CLAMPENG HOLDER FOR STOCKING FORMS Application filed April 4, 1930. Serial No. 441,499.

come the detrimental features of the devices heretofore produced for this purpose.

The invention comprises the novel elements, features of construction and arrangement of parts in cooperative relationship as 5 hereinafter fully disclosed by the detailed description and accompanying drawing of oneembodiment thereof, from which the above and other objects as well as attendant advantages will also become more readily 0 apparent.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective View of my improved form-holder or device, as it appears when secured to a drier orsimilar support.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view, taken substantially as indicated by the arrows 22 on Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the device only partly broken away and as seen by looking in the direction of the arrows 33 on Fig. 2. The form holding devices at present obtainable for the purpose mentioned, are con structed for directmounting to the top or edge of a table plate. The stockings to be dried are usually piled on this plate near the device, in readiness for boarding.

When manipulating the stockings in applying them to the forms it frequently happens that they catch and are injured on the ex- Q posed parts of such a device.

In order to overcome this objectionable feature, my invention provides for attachment in such manner that the table plate is clear of obstructions or parts of the device, and it consists essentially of an adjustable bracket which carries form supporting and gripping means.

By referring to the drawing it will be noted that the bracket comprises two angle 0 plates 9 and'9a, adjustably secured to each other by the slot-and-screw-bolt arrangements 11.

The form supporting and gripping means comprises a stationary gripping member consisting of an inverted L-shaped plate 12 fixed to angle plate So by bolts 13, and a movable member or plate 14 which is rounded at 15, and bent at 16 to provide a seat for the bottom end of a form-board indicated at 17. The plate 14 is connected by hinges 18 to the lowerend of a plate 19, which in turn is connected by hinges 20 to the bracket angle 9a. A resilient pad 22, of leather or the like, is secured to the inner surface of plate 14: by screws 23 and adapted to yieldingly, engage the board 17 when the plate 1 1 is swung-toward the plate 12 by the body of the operatorindicated by the dot-and-dash line 0.

The device may be adjustably mounted to a suitable support, e. g. a drier 24c partially indicated and having a table plate 25 secured to its top by angles 26, by means of screw bolts 27 which pass through the angles 26 and slots 28 in the bracket-angle 9.

It will be noted that the adjustable arrangment of the bracket and the manner in which it is secured to a support affords proper and convenient positioning of the device clear of the table plate 25. V

The plate 14 is normally separated from the plate 12 and maintained in the position shown in full in Fig. 2, by the action of gravity. 1 I p In operation, a form-board 17 is inserted between the gripping members or plates 12 and 14 and its bottom end placed on the seat 16. The operator then takes one of the wet stockings, which are piled on'the table plate 25 near the device, and applies it to the upper free'end of the form-board, at the same time pressing with his body against the rounded part 15 of plate 14 in ordernto V grip, the board, as shown by dot-and-dash lines in Fig.

2. During the manipulation of the stocking in fitting it onto the form-board the latter is withdrawn from the device and reversed,

may be changed and modified in various ways and it is therefore to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction shown and described, but that it is capable of such changes and alterations as fairly come within the scope of the appended claims, considered in connection with the prior art.

I claim:

1. In combination with a work-holding table, a stocking form-clamping holder comprising a. bracket rigidly secured with respect to said table, a fixed form rest secured to said bracket, a form-contacting member hingedly secured to said'bracket and adapted to be swung toward andfrom said fixed rest, said bracket having means for adjusting the height of said form rest relative to the top of the work holding table. i

2. In combination with a work-holding table, a stocking form-clamping holder comprising a bracket rigidly secured with respect to said table, a fixed stocking form rest secured to said bracket, a form-contacting member hingedlysecured to said bracket and adapted to be swung toward and from said fixed rest, said bracket having means for ad justing the height of said form restrelative to the top of the work holding table and for adjusting the spacing between-the form rest and an edge of the table. 3; Incombination with a work-holding table, a stocking form-clamping holder comprising a bracket rigidly secured with respect' to said table, a fixed stocking form rest secured to said bracket, a form-contacting member having one end hingedly secured to said bracket and adapted'to ce swung to ward and from saidfixed' rest, saidbracke comprising a plurality of membersv slidable relative to each other for adjusting the height of'said form rest relative-to-the top of'the work holding table.

4. In combination with a work-holding table, a stockingform-clamping holder comprising a bracket rigidly secured with respect' to said table, a fixed stocking form rest secured to saidbracket', a form-contactingmember. having one end hingedly secured to saidbracket and adapted to be swung toward and fronisaid' fixed rest, said bracket comprising a: plurality ofmembers secured together. by slot-and-screw connection means for adjusting the height of'said form rest relative to the top of the work holding table.

5. In combination with a. work-holding table, .a stocking form-clamping holder comprising a bracket substantially positioned beneath said table and rigidly secured with respect thereto, a fixed from rest secured to said bracket, a member hingedly secured to and'dependingfrom said bracket, anda formcontacting member adapted to be swung towardand away from said fixed rest and com prising a form-seating platform, said formcontacting member having one end hingedly secured to said depending member.

6. In combination with a work-holding table, a stocking form-clamping holder including a bracket rigidly secured with respect to said table, a fixed stocking form rest comprising an inverted L-shaped metal plate rigidly secured to said bracket and having its upper surface positioned substantially flush with the table top, a'form-contacting member comprising ametal plate having one end hingedly secured to said bracket and adapted to be swung toward and from said fixed rest, said last named plate having a portion thereof bent at an angle to provide a laterally-extending form-seating platform adjacent its hinged end.

7. In combination with a work holding table, a. form-clamping holder comprising a table-carried bracket having a form rest fixedly positiond in spaced relation to the table edge, a form-contacting member swingable toward and from said fixed rest and having an angular form-seating platform, and a-supporting member for said form-contacting member hingedly secured to said table-carried bracket and movable by the weight of the form-contacting member to normally support said contacting member swung away from said fixed form rest, said bracket having means for adjusting the height of. said rest relative to the top of the work-holding table.

8. In combination with awork-holding table, a form-clamping holder comprising: a table-carried bracket having a form rest fixedly, positioned in spaced'relation to;the table edge, a form-contacting member swingable toward and from said fixed rest andhaving, an angular form seating platform, and'a bracl'ret-carried supporting member for. said form contacting member hingedly secured to saidtable-carried bracket and movable by the weight of the form-contacting member to normally support said contacting member swung away from'said fixed f'ormrest. v

9. In combination with a work-holding table, a form-clamping holder comprising a table-carried bracket having a form rest fixedly positioned in spaced relation to the table edge, a form-contacting member swing.- abl'e toward andfrom said fixed rest and haw ing an angular form-seating platform, anda connecting member having, one end hingedly secured to said fixedlbracket beneath. said fixed form rest'and its depending opposite end hingedly secured to said form-contacting member adjacent said form seati'ng platform, said connecting member forming .a swinging support actuated by the weight offlsaidlform contacting member to normallyswingthe lat,- ter away from said fixed form rest.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

i-meo HEMMERIOH, 

